Chris Columbus Acquires "Welcome to Hoxford" Werewolf Graphic Novel

Chris Columbus' production company 1492 Entertainment has picked up the film rights to IDW Publishing's horror graphic novel "Welcome to Hoxford." As with most 1492 projects, Columbus (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone) may end up directing.

Ben Templesmith, who co-penned the vampire comic series "30 Days of Night," which Sony made into a film in 2007, created "Hoxford," about a psychiatrist who must team with a deeply disturbed patient in order to escape werewolves who run an institution for the criminally insane.

Templesmith is also behind the graphic novels "Wormwood Gentleman Corpse" and "Singularity 7."